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Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water,He remembers the rabbits,For a moment lennie lay quiet,Looked wildly at the brush line,Lennie avoided the bait,Strong as a bull




Quotes that describe Lennie as an animal.
1. “Dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws”.
2. “His huge companion dropped his blankets and flung himself down and drank from the surface of the green pool; drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse”.
3. “Lennie dabbled his paw in the water”.
4. “Slowly, like a terrier who doesn’t want to bring a ball to its master, Lennie approached, drew back, approached again”.
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1. "...and he walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws." (Steinbeck 2)

2. After walking into the clearing, Lennie's first action is very animal-like. He falls to his knees and slurps water from the river, just as a horse might, or a dog drinking water from a bowl.
"You'd drink out of a gutter if you was thirsty." (Steinbeck 3)
3. During the fight between Curley and Lennie, both dog and sheep are used to describe Lennie:
"Lennie covered his face with huge paws and bleated with terror." (Steinbeck 63)

4. After Lennie kills Curley's wife, he attempts to hide what he has done:
"He pawed up the hay until it partly covered her." (Steinbeck 92)

SAM
“He flung himself down and drank from the surface of the green pool; drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a ‘horse’.”–pg: 3 line(s):3-6
Shows that he had a lot of his head under the water and was breathing into the water much like a horse has to because it’s nose is so close to its mouth.
“Lennie dabbed his ‘big paw’ in the water”-pg: 3 line(s):20
Lennie has very big hands that are much like the paws of a wild beast.
“He walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws”–pg: 2 line(s):28-29
Lennie has very large feet that he is dragging, due to exhaustion, and he seems to be doing as a bear would do when they drag their paws.
“I want you to stay with me, Lennie. Sombody’d shoot you for a coyote if you was by yourself”
Pg: 13 line(s):11-13
Lennie wanted to go off by himself and George wanted him to stay with him. George thinks that if Lennie goes off on his own then he’ll get shot and killed the say was someone would kill a coyote.

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JBC
He walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drag his paws.
Drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse.
Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water and wiggled his fingers so the water arose in little splashes.
Like a terrier who doesn’t want to bring a ball to its master